In the Oracle Bone Script and the Bronze Script, it depicts two silk threads. The original meaning of this character is silk.
When used as a radical, 丝 is written as 纟, commonly known as Jiǎosīpáng-绞丝旁. Characters having 纟 are often related to silk or thread, such as Xiàn-线-thread, Jié-结-knot. This radical is always placed on the left side of a character.
甲骨文和金文的字形像两束丝线。这个字的本义是蚕丝。丝做偏旁时写成纟，俗称“绞丝旁”。
偏旁部首为纟的汉字多与丝或线有关，比如：线、结等。
Chinese characters with the radical 纟(Mì | Sī)
